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Here is another new paradigm about the blockchain: data and programs are public. Semi-public to be precise, because the information is cryptographically secure, and only visible if you have access rights. It means anyone can publish data on the blockchains. Previously, everything important was behind hidden databases, or a physical service counter,
... See moreWilliam Mougayar • The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
This gets to the other mistake Diehl makes in that article, which, ironically, echoes a similar mistake made by many crypto absolutists: there is no reason why the Metaverse, or any web application for that matter, will be built on the blockchain. Why would you use the world’s slowest database when a centralized one is far more scalable and perform... See more
stratechery.com • The Great Bifurcation
Financial decision-makers will always care about truth. And crypto is turning the world into investors, just like the internet turned the world into publishers.
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Ben Horowitz explains the rise of crypto
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Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
As mobility increases, new modes of self-governing networks will arise. States will become less relevant
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Ownership: easiest information to capture on-chain and associated with an individual's identity
Shrey Jain • On-chain identity landscape
So with BitClout, I have an identity on that blockchain that's publicly accessible to anyone running an open-source BitClout node. To continue with the example of LinkedIn, if they were to rebuild themselves on top of BitClout, and they were to write their entire users table along with all its endorsements to the BitClout blockchain, then that data... See more